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OPM survey: Tight budgets, pay freeze 'taking toll' on employee satisfaction
Employee satisfaction across the federal government is sagging, according to the 2012 Employee Viewpoint Survey released by the Office of Personnel Management Wednesday. While there weren't any drastic drops, scores governmentwide were down in every major measure, including employees' satisfaction with their jobs, supervisors and pay.
Tags: OPM , Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey , workforce , management , John Berry , pay , pay freeze , budget , telework ,
Survey: CHCOs feel effect of budget crunch on recruiting, training
Budget constraints are top of mind for agency chief human capital officers. And with good reason. CHCOs say they are feeling the effects of the budget crunch, particularly in recruiting, retaining and training employees, according to a Federal News Radio survey. Eugene Hubbard, head of the National Science Foundation's Office of Information and Resource Management, told Federal News Radio the budget squeeze and shrinking workforces mean agency employees are doing more with less to keep pace with the mission.
Tags: Eugene Hubbard , NSF , In Depth , Francis Rose , management , budget , workforce , CHCO , HR , pay freeze , morale , recruiting , retention , hiring , exclusive
Agencies fail to scrutinize billions in legacy IT spending
Despite spending billions to maintain legacy IT systems, many agencies are failing to properly review whether there is a sound basis for continuing them, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
Tags: technology , IT , IT spending , GAO , David Powner , Federal Drive , DoD , DHS ,
Contractors say upsurge in MACs leads to duplication, added costs
The Coalition for Government Procurement has called on senior administration leaders to take more action to combat increasing contract duplication, largely from the spread of multiple-award contracts (MACs). Member companies say they are seeing more duplicated contracts and that has added to their costs, according to a CGP survey.
Tags: acquisition , contracting , Coalition for Government Procurement , Roger Waldron , OFPP , GSA , industry ,
Postal Service pension surplus shrinks as Donahoe renews call for legislation
Surplus payments the Postal Service made to the Federal Employee Retirement System are much smaller than once thought. Last year, the surplus was estimated to be $11.4 billion. But because of a reduction in projected long-term interest rates, OPM estimated the surplus would drop to $2.6 billion. SPS had wanted to use those overpayments to pay down some of its debts
Tags: USPS , budget , Congress , Joe Corbett , Patrick Donahoe , postal reform
'Unleashing' technology could slash deficit by $200B, report says
Better leveraging technology in a handful of key areas could help solve pressing national challenges, improve the quality of government services and reduce the federal deficit by more than $200 billion. That's the main takeaway from a collection of reports that make up the 2012 Quadrennial Government Technology Review, commissioned by the American Council for Technology-Industry Adivsory Council's Institute for Innovation. Anne Reed and Molly O'Neill, the two co-chairs of the institute's steering committee, and Wendy Henry, a member of the steering committee, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the reports' findings.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , ACT-IAC , technology , budget , Anne Reed , Wendy Henry , STEM , Molly O
Bid protests increase in 2012, nearing 15-year high
The number of bid protests filed in fiscal 2012 ticked up 5 percent from last year to 2,475 cases - more than any year since 1995, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
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Federal-employee, veterans groups assail proposal to limit COLAs
Federal-employee groups and veterans organizations say a legislative proposal that would result in lower cost-of-living adjustments for federal and Social Security retirees is a non-starter. Moving to a "Chained" Consumer Price Index method of calculating inflation would curtail future benefits for Social Security retirees, including federal employees and veterans, opponents of the proposal say.
Tags: Congress , budget , pay and benefits , COLA , chained CPI , NARFE , Bernie Sanders , retirement , Julie Tagen ,
Unions relish Obama victory but temper expectations for second term
Federal-employee unions have hailed the re-election of President Barack Obama over Republican challenger Mitt Romney. But despite the excitement, union leaders are tempering their expectations for a second term. National Treasury Employees Union President Colleen Kelley and J. David Cox, the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, told Federal News Radio their groups are ready to play an expanded role to deal with the budget deficit and alternatives to the sequestration cuts coming in January.
Tags: Election 2012 , federal unions , In Depth , Federal Drive , Colleen Kelley , NTEU , J. David Cox , AFGE ,
OPM makes dent in retirement backlog as claims continue rolling in
For the fourth straight month, the number of federal employees filing for retirement has outstripped the Office of Personnel Management's expectations, according to new data released by the agency. OPM also beat its projections for processing retirement claims.
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